What: A Dutch vocabulary book originally written by Bruce Donaldson and completely revised and expanded by Renée Feikema and An Sneyers. It is intended for English-speaking students of Dutch whatever course they are following. It was designed to supplement the limited vocabulary of course books. The units of words have been grouped under broad general topics. By systematically working through this book, and at the same time following a course or a course book, the student should build up a good, everyday functional vocabulary. The book is not a substitute for a dictionary.

Most Dutch speakers were born in Netherlands (66.9%), followed by Australia (19.1%).

88.3% of Dutch speakers recorded that both parents were born overseas, while 2.7% recorded that both parents were born in Australia.

Most Dutch speakers speak English very well (85.4%), while 0.6% do not speak English at all.

The percentage of Dutch speakers who identified as Aboriginal was 0.1% (48 people).

7.9% of male Dutch speakers were 75-79 years old. 8.2% of females were 65-69 years old. For Australia as a whole the largest age demographic for male people in Australia was 30-34 years (7.3%). For females, the largest age demographic was 30-34 years (7.3%).

This focuses on first generation Dutch migrants who arrived in the Post WAR II period but also on those who arrived in the Post 1990s period. It is conducted by Dr José van den Akker (PhD), Postdoctoral Research Fellow at CQUniversity, Rockhampton who arrived in Australia in 1988, It is a research project which aims to understand the Dutch migration experiences as a follow up of a survey during 2004-2006. It closes on 1 April 2018. See: Request to participate.